After getting rid of Li Lian and Li Xin, Lin Tianqi had no intention of staying any longer. He declined the kindness of Wu Dafu and the townspeople of Sanhe Town. After receiving the due financial rewards, he left with Xu Dongsheng.
Wu Dafu was quite generous, giving him a hundred oceans, which was a rare generous reward in their line of work. It should be noted that in this era, the purchasing power of an ocean can buy almost thirty kilograms of rice, and the average monthly salary of an ordinary coolie worker
That's just a few oceans. As for the sorcerer's profession, which is about exorcising ghosts and curing evil spirits, on average, it's about ten oceans a time, so this time it's a big reward.
But Lin Tianqi won't be happy because of this one hundred oceans. Let alone one hundred oceans, he won't care much if it is one hundred thousand or millions, because at his level, these ordinary money are nothing to him.
It has long lost its meaning. No matter how much you give him, it is just a number. Of course, Lin Tianqi did not say no generously, because this is business, and business must be meticulous.
After all, if he graciously refuses to be paid this time, it will be difficult for his master or junior brother to do business next time. After all, if he does it for free this time, he may be able to get it temporarily.
They are grateful for the praise, but it also gives people a subconscious feeling that they are asking them to do things for free. If they ask for money next time, the gap between them may make people feel unhappy.
Therefore, Lin Tianqi never shows his kindness at will, because human nature is the most complex, with good and evil. We cannot deny the goodness of human nature, but we must not underestimate the evil of human nature. Excessive kindness may not be a good thing sometimes.
, because there is too much kindness, it is easy for people to take it for granted, and the most fearful thing about anything is to take it for granted, because he will subconsciously feel that your kindness is what he should do.
In the last life, there was a news report that a 92-year-old British man committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. The reason was that he was driven to a dead end by donations. The old man started participating in charity activities at the age of 16, and he did it seven times.
For more than ten years and nearly eighty years, in addition to my daily life, almost all my wealth has been donated to charity. But in the end, because I am old and frail, I no longer have the extra ability and money to do charity.
She chose to stop charity, but the outside world continued to ask her for donations endlessly. Finally, the old man was driven to a dead end by the endless donations and chose to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge.
He spent his whole life doing charity and good deeds, but in the end he was driven to suicide because of his kindness. I have to say that this is a sad thing. His kindness turned out to be the thing that drove him to death.
But there is no doubt that this incident vividly reflects the reality of the world and the truest human nature. As a saying goes, no matter how holy the goodness of human nature is, the evil of human nature will be ugly.
There is truth, goodness, and beauty in the world, as well as falsehood, evil, and ugliness. Therefore, Lin Tianqi has always felt that in this world where good and evil coexist, the most important thing for a person to live is to distinguish between good and evil. If it is difficult to distinguish, then you must guard your heart and do good things.
Just do your duty well, and never give out your kindness at will, because you never know whether your kindness will be given to a good person or an evil person.
Mr. Lu Xun once said that repaying kindness with kindness and repaying kindness with hatred is the correct rule of conduct in life.
Well, actually Lin Tianqi didn’t know if Lu Xun said this, but he knew that he should just blame Mr. Lu Xun for everything he didn’t know who said it.
At night, the two brothers returned to Fengshui Town. Lin Tianqi was strolling all the way, but Xu Dongsheng looked a little embarrassed. He was panting all the way because Lin Tianqi looked like he was strolling, but in fact he used
He used the Shrinking Earth Technique among the Five Elements Techniques. Every step he took was directly a few meters away. One step was equivalent to several steps for an ordinary person. Xu Dongsheng had to run to catch up.
Therefore, Lin Tianqi was very leisurely along the way, but Xu Dongsheng was miserable. He was jogging all the way. It was fine at the beginning, but after a while he felt a little strenuous. After all, it was only a few dozen miles from Fengshui Town to Sanhe Town.
The journey takes three to four hours for ordinary people to walk normally. Even if they run, they can't even finish it if they don't have one or two hours.
Of course, Lin Tianqi did not do this deliberately to prank Xu Dongsheng. After all, he was also a senior brother. How could he possibly prank his own junior brother? The most he could do was to train his own junior brother.
Therefore, Lin Tianqi also said this to Xu Dongsheng along the way.
"Junior brother, the path of spiritual practice is like sailing against the current. Only by enduring hardships can we achieve something. Senior brother, the reason why I can achieve what I have achieved today is because I can endure what ordinary people cannot, and I must be able to endure hardships.
Suffering, the most important thing is that it requires strong perseverance. Senior brother, I will take advantage of the way back to hone your perseverance. You must grit your teeth and follow my pace."
Xu Dongsheng still firmly believed in his senior brother's words and felt that his senior brother's words made sense, so no matter how hard and tiring the journey was, he gritted his teeth and followed Lin Tianqi closely.
In the end, it took the two brothers more than an hour to reach the distance that would have taken ordinary people three to four hours on foot.
And Xu Dongsheng was also deceived by Lin Tianqi into lameness. He was really lame. He limped when he walked and his legs were cramped.
Arriving at the door of the mansion, Lin Tianqi gave Xu Dongsheng a 50-50 reward from Wu Dafu. Then the two brothers separated, and Xu Dongsheng limped back to a yard a hundred meters across the street. Lin Tianqi
They also opened the door and entered the house. Uncle Jiu and Xu Jie, who had already fallen asleep, heard the noise outside and came out of the room. After a few simple inquiries and conversations, they went back to their rooms.
In the following days, life calmed down again. Lin Tianqi and Xu Jie stayed in the town for a few more days. Until the end of September, they stayed in the town for almost half a month before the young couple set off to return to Guangzhou again. Because they had
The reason why Bai Ji is in charge in Guangzhou is that Lin Tianqi is not worried about anything happening.
"Kangdang" "Kangdang" ""
There was a sound of carriages, and in the afternoon, on the streets of Guangzhou City, Lin Tianqi mounted a carriage, carrying his wife, and rushed towards the western-style villa in a hurry.
When they entered the city, the people in the Qilin Association also noticed Lin Tianqi immediately. Many people would be surprised if other people of high status were setting up a carriage like this. However, the people in the Qilin Association had already noticed Lin Tianqi's appearance of setting up a carriage.
I'm not surprised, after all, this is not the first time I've seen him, and I even think that Lin Tianqi's appearance of setting up a carriage has a special demeanor.
This is like the popular saying in later generations. If you look handsome, people will think that you are not afraid of getting dirty or tired, and you are elegant when you play in the mud. But if you look ugly, even if you are dressed up in formal clothes and drink.
Everyone thinks coffee is a way to get rich suddenly
If your appearance is high, everything will be privileged. If your appearance is low, your breathing will be wrong.
This face-based world is so real.
The young couple passed by, which was also a gift to attract the attention of passers-by. When people from the Qilin Club saw Lin Tianqi driving a carriage, no one came to disturb them, and they just passed the news back.
The sky was overcast, with low black clouds, and strong winds blew from time to time, making it look like it was going to rain but not rain.
Therefore, there are fewer pedestrians on the street than on normal days, and most of them are in a hurry, worried about heavy rain.
Seeing that it looked like it was about to rain heavily, Lin Tianqi drove the carriage a little faster.
"Hallelujah"
"Hallelujah"
"Hallelujah"
""
After walking for a while, another team appeared on the street ahead, headed by a middle-aged foreign man dressed as a priest, followed by a group of more than 20 people dressed as believers, both men and women, including most of the people in the team.
They were all Chinese, chanting Hallelujah in unison along the way, and from time to time they distributed propaganda to passers-by, just like handing out leaflets in later generations.
"It's a missionary"
Hearing the sound, Xu Jie poked her head out of the carriage and looked at the oncoming team in confusion.
Xu Jie also gained a lot of knowledge about Western churches from Lin Tianqi after meeting them for the first time in Guangzhou, so she recognized these people at a glance.
"Didn't St. Ann's Church collapse and the priest also disappear? Why are these people doing it again?"
Xu Jie said doubtfully.
Last time because of the vampire incident, the battle between brothers Nicholas Kevin and Cady destroyed a lot of St. Ann's Church. The original priest Cage of St. Ann's Cathedral also died in that battle, causing the church in Guangzhou to collapse.
It also fell silent after that time, but I didn't expect it to appear again this time.
"It's probably the new missionaries who have arrived."
Lin Tianqi said, but it is not surprising. This era is the era when the entire West invades China, not only in military, economic and cultural aspects, but also in religion. Many Western missionaries have come to China to preach, especially Hong Kong and Macau.
This generation of China's coastal cities, such as Guangzhou and Shanghai, are also the main missionary sites for Western religions.
The previous Father Cage died, and it was not unusual for a new missionary to come after such a period of time.
But the only thing that made Lin Tianqi a little curious was the aura of the other party, the leading priest in the missionary team. Lin Tianqi clearly felt that there was some kind of power in his body, but it was different from the soul power of their monks or the physical power of the warriors.
, it is somewhat similar to the power of incense, but a little different.
In fact, Lin Tianqi also felt it in the priest Cage who died before, but Cage's was very weak, and the one in front of him was even stronger.
"Is it the power of Western religious practice?"
Lin Tianqi was thinking in his mind, but the expression on his face did not change and he drove the carriage straight ahead.
He felt that the answer would be found if he asked Carrie, Anne, Hannah and Julie.